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The U.S. Senate has passed a provision that would require women to register for the draft, but don't expect any changes soon:
On Tuesday, the Senate passed a defense authorization bill that would require young women to register for the draft — the latest development in a long-running debate over whether women should sign up for the Selective Service. The provision would apply to women turning 18 in 2018 or later and would impose the same requirements and rules that currently apply to men.
The policy is still far from being law. The House, after considering a similar provision earlier this spring, ultimately passed an authorization bill that omitted it; the two branches of Congress now must resolve the differences between their bills. And the bill faces a veto threat from President Obama over other elements of the legislation, such as the prohibition on closing down the Guantanamo Bay military prison. But the bill's passage brings women a step closer to Selective Service registration — a historic change that has bipartisan support in Congress but is firmly opposed by some conservative lawmakers.
For decades, the U.S. policy of having a draft for men, and not women, was approved as constitutional by the Supreme Court. But as NPR's David Welna reported last year, the court's reasoning relied on the fact that women were barred from combat roles. Now that women are eligible for combat duty, "Congress seems to have lost its court-endorsed rationale for limiting Selective Service registration to males only," David wrote.
Previously: Women Warriors Coming Soon to US Forces
(Score: 2) by Gravis on Thursday June 16 2016, @03:33PM
i love that this was submitted as a joke thinking it would be rejected but completely backfired because it's really common sense. the only reason to reject it is based on pure internal biases. i would be interested in knowing what various gender feminist groups think about all this.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 16 2016, @04:00PM
> i would be interested in knowing what various gender feminist groups think about all this.
none of them support treating women differently from men, that is the literal definition of feminism
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 17 2016, @02:17AM
Except for when they do, like pressing for special sentencing guidelines for women
http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=6045 [campusreform.org]
Wanting to put a special tax on men
https://womenfortaxjustice.wordpress.com/about/why-is-tax-a-feminist-issue/ [wordpress.com]
And denying men equivalent reproductive rights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JymN5yu-K_o [youtube.com]
But other than that, they want to be treated equal to men.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday June 16 2016, @04:45PM
This particular feminist is all for it, if that counts for anything :) Equality means equality. ...and saying things like this is why I piss *everyone* off, and simultaneously get called "man-hater" on one side and "traitor to the lesbian race" (think about that last one a moment...) on the other. Ahhh, identity politics.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday June 16 2016, @10:35PM
> the only reason to reject it is based on pure internal biases
Or thousands of years of civilization, where men are expendable but women not, because producing the next generation requires only a handful of penises but a lot of healthy wombs.
Also, the average man being stronger than the average woman makes him a better asset in any part of a war where physical attributes may tilt the balance in your favor (100% of the time until we invented the rifle, and still a decent amount today).